In a clever framing device, Welland follows a single particle of sand down the valley of the Susquehanna River and out into the depths of the sea, which keeps his far-flung investigation on track from elemental force to industrial-era necessity (Chapter 9, "Servant of Our Lives," is an entertaining A-to-Z list of the ways sand and humans interact)/5(39). · Sand: The Never-ending Story Michael Welland No preview available - Common terms and phrases. ancient arenophiles Atlantic atmosphere avalanches Bagnold barchan barrier islands beach behavior Brazil nut effect building buried canyons carbon dioxide century channel chapter coast coastal complex continue create crust currents debris Author: Michael Welland. · The subtitle for the edition I have is ‘The Neverending Story’* and the clever narrative that Welland employs throughout much of the book is the journey a grain of sand takes from birth Author: Brian Romans.
Sand: The Never-Ending Story Michael Welland, Author University of California Press $40 (p) ISBN Buy this book Though we rarely consider the implications of the sand we. Michael Welland. Average rating: · ratings · 28 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors. Sand: The Never-Ending Story. avg rating — ratings — published — 8 editions. Want to Read. saving. Want to Read. Currently Reading. Read. Sand: The Neverending Story -- A QA with author Michael Welland Note: I'm traveling right now (looking at rocks) so I've scheduled a few posts from my archives. Below is an edited version of.
Michael Welland, Author. Though we rarely consider the implications of the sand we encounter daily (as wind-borne grit or the beach on which we walk), geologist Welland finds much that's relevant. In a clever framing device, Welland follows a single particle of sand down the valley of the Susquehanna River and out into the depths of the sea, which keeps his far-flung investigation on track from elemental force to industrial-era necessity (Chapter 9, "Servant of Our Lives," is an entertaining A-to-Z list of the ways sand and humans interact). From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials. Told by a geologist with a novelist's sense of language and narrative, Sand examines the science—sand forensics, the physics of granular materials, sedimentology, paleontology and archaeology, planetary exploration—and at the same time.
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